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1. Primitive man first learnt to

(a) Make fire

(b) Tame animals

(c) Make a wheel

(d) Grow grain

Ans: – (a) Make fire

2. What made possible the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic age?

(1) Making a fire

(2) Growing grain

(3) Making wheels

(4) Learning a script

Ans:- (2) Growing grain

3. The people Valley civilization specialized in

(1) Town planning

(2) Architecture

(3) Craftsmanship

(4) All these

Ans:- (4) All these

4. Lothal and Kalibangan are associated with

(1) Harappan culture

(2) Egyptian civilization

(3) Babylonian Civilization

(4) Chinese civilization

Ans:- (1) Harappan culture

5. Which of the following Harappan sites are not in India?

(1) Mohenjodaro and Harappa

(2) Lothal and Kalibangan

(3) Bhanwali and Ropar

(4) Lothal and Ropar

Ans:- (1) Mohenjodaro and Harappa

6. Rice cultivation is associated with which of the following Harappan sites?

(1) Kalibangan

(2) Harappa

(3) Kot Diji

(4) Lothal

Ans:- (4) Lothal

7. The Indus Valley civilization type was found in

(1) Town planning

(2) Architecture

(3) Craftsmanship

(4) All these

Ans:- (4) All these

8. Which of the following was not an important animal during the Indus civilization?

(1) Humped bull

(2) Goat

(3) Horse

(4) Elephant

Ans:- (3) Horse

9. Indus Valley civilization was spread over

(1) Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan

(2) Punjab, Sind, Rajasthan, Gujarat

(3) Along River Indus

(4) Sind, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat

Ans:- (2) Punjab, Sind, Rajasthan, Gujarat

10. The salient feature of the Rigvedic religion was

(1) Worship of the Mother Goddess

(2) Worship of nature

(3) Worship of the Trimurties

(4) Worship of Pashupati

Ans:- (2) Worship of nature

11. The local name of Mohenjodaro is

(1) Mound of the Living

(2) Mound of the Great

(3) Mound of the Dead

(4) Mound of the Survivor

Ans:- (3) Mound of the Dead

12. The Indus Valley civilization was non-Aryan because

(1) It was urban

(2) It had a pictographic script

(3) It had an agricultural Narmada Valley

(4) It extended up to the Narmada Valley

Ans:- (2) It had a pictographic script

13. Upanishads are books on

(1) Religion

(2) Yoga

(3) Philosophy

(4) Law

Ans:- (3) Philosophy

14. The major difference between varna and jati is that

(1) Varna was formed after jati

(2) Jati was derived from varna

(3) varna are only four but jati are many

(4) They are unrelated

Ans:- (3) varna are only four but jati are many

15. The Brahmanas are books that deal with

(1) The Bhakti theory

(2) Ritualism

(3) Yoga

(4) Meditation

Ans:- (2) Ritualism

16. The village community got a lot of power during the reign of the

(1) Cholas

(2) Mughals

(3) British

(4) Palas

Ans:- (1) Cholas

17. The Saka era began in the year

(1) 58 BC

(2) 78 BC

(3) 58 AD

(4) 78 AD

Ans:- (4) 78 AD

18. In which language was the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita originally written?

(1) Sanskrit

(2) Apabharamsa

(3) Prakrit

(4) Pali

Ans:- (1) Sanskrit

19. The Saka era was started by

(1) Ashoka

(2) Chandragupta II

(3) Kanishka

(4) Harsha

Ans:- (3) Kanishka

20. Name the ruler of the Kushana dynasty.

(1) Pushyamitra

(2) Ugrasena

(3) Vikramaditya

(4) Kadphises I

Ans:- (4) Kadphises I

21. Who founded four matthas in the four corners of INDIA?

(1) Shankaracharya

(2) Ramanujacharya

(3) Bhaskaracharya

(4) Madhvacharya

Ans:- (1) Shankaracharya

22. Purushasukta is found in the

(1) Bhagavad Gita

(2) Rigveda

(3) Manusmriti

(4) Atharva Veda

Ans:- (2) Rigveda

23. The word Buddha means

(1) A conqueror

(2) A liberator

(3) An enlightened one

(4) A water

Ans:- (3) An enlightened one

24. The principle that distinguishes Jainism from Buddhism is the

(1) Practice of the eight-fold path

(2) Rejection of the infallibility of the Vedas

(3) Attribution of a soul to all beings and things

(4) Belief in rebirth

Ans:- (3) Attribution of a soul to all beings and things

25. The central point in Ashoka’s Dhamma was

(1) Loyalty to the king

(2) Peace and non-violence

(3) Respect to elders

(4) Religious toleration

Ans:- (2) Peace and non-violence

26. The effects of the kalinga war on king Ashoka are found in

(1) Pillare edicts

(2) Rock edicts

(3) Excavations

(4) None of these

Ans:- (2) Rock edicts

27. Buddha’s preachings were mainly related to

(1) Belief in one god

(2) Practice of rituals

(3) Purity of thought and conduct

(4) Idol worship

Ans:- (3) Purity of thought and conduct

28. The title Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien visited India during the reign of

(1) Chnadragupta I

(2) Chandragupta II

(3) Kanishka

(4) Samudragupta

Ans:- (2) Chandragupta II

29. Samudragupta’s achievements are mention-ned in the

(1) Kaling edict

(2) Hathigumpha edict

(3) Indica

(4) Allahabad Prasasti

Ans:- (4) Allahabad Prasasti

30. King Harsha ruled over

(1) The whole of India

(2) The whole of South India

(3) The entire Deccan region

(4) A part of northern India

Ans:- (4) A part of northern India

31. The Chola age was most famous for

(1) Village assemblies

(2) War with the Rashtrakutas

(3) Trade with Ceylon

(4) Advancement of Tamil Culture

Ans:- (1) Village assemblies

32. The Uttaramerur inscription belongs to the period of

(1) Vijayalaya

(2) Nagabhatta II

(3) Parantaka I

(4) Vatsa Raja

Ans:- (3) Parantaka I

33. Where did the first coins circulate in India?

(1) Central India

(2) Western India

(3) South India

(4) Bihar and eastern UP

Ans:- (4) Bihar and eastern UP

34. The earliest evidence of the practice of Sati can be gleaned from

(1) An inscription at Eran in Madhya Pradesh dated 510 AD

(2) The Uttaramerur inscription

(3) The Chandravallo inscription

(4) The Halmidi inscription

Ans:- (1) An inscription at Eran in Madhya Pradesh dated 510 AD

35. Which southern dynasty played an important role in the tripartite struggle?

(1) The Chole

(2) The Rashtrakutas

(3) The Yadavas

(4) The Pallavas

Ans:- (2) The Rashtrakutas

36. The first use to which the wheel was put, appears to have been

(1) For the advancement of metallurgy

(2) For drawing a cart

(3) In spinning

(4) In pottery

Ans:- (2) For drawing a cart

37. After the decline of the Guptas a large part of north India was re-united by the

(1) Rajputs

(2) Chalukyas

(3) Saka satraps

(4) Harshavardhana

Ans:- (4) Harshavardhana

38. The features characteristic of Hinduism as we understand it now had developed by the time of the

(1) Nandas

(2) Mauryas

(3) Guptas

(4) Satavahanas

Ans:- (3) Guptas

39. Who was the first to suggest that one could reach India from Europe by sailing west?

(1) Hipparchus

(2) Aristarchus

(3) Hippocrates

(4) Eratosthenes

Ans:- (4) Eratosthenes

40. In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by T’ ang emperor?

(1) Rajaraja I

(2) Rajendra I

(3) Harsha

(4) Parantaka I

Ans:- (3) Harsha

41. In the later Vedic pantheon, what was the order of gods in accordance with their importance?

(a) Indra

(b) Vishnu

(c) Prajapati

(d) Rudra

(1) CDBA

(2) CBDA

(3) BCDA

(4) BACD

Ans:- (1) CDBA

42. The first human statues worshipped in India were those of

(1)  Brahma

(2) Vishnu

(3) Buddha

(4) Shiva

Ans:- (3) Buddha

43. Ashokan inscriptions were deciphered in _______ by ________.

(1) 1900, S.R. Rao

(2) 1921, Mortimer Wheeler

(3) 1837, Prinsep

(4) None of the above

Ans:- (3) 1837, Prinsep

44. The great granary of the Harappan civilization has been found at

(1) Mohenjodaro

(2) Harappa

(3) Ropar

(4) Kalibangan

Ans:- (2) Harappa

45. The Harappan people disposed their dead through

(1) Cremation

(2) Leaving the body out in the open

(3) Burial

(4) Throwing the body in rivers

Ans:- (3) Burial

46. Kanishka patronised

(1) Mahayana Buddhism

(2) Hinayana Buddhism

(3) Buddhism

(4) Bhagvatism

Ans:- (1) Mahayana Buddhism

47. Who described Indians as “hot tempered but honest”?

(1) Hieun T sang

(2) Megasthenes

(3) Fa-Hien

(4) Nikitin

Ans:- (1) Hieun T sang

48. Pick the odd one out

(1) Pulakesin II

(2) Harshavardhana

(3) Mahendravarman

(4) Krishna Deva Raya

Ans:- (4) Krishna Deva Raya

49. Who was the authore of Gita Gobind?

(1) Vidyapati

(2) Surdas

(3) Jaya Deva

(4) Mirabai

Ans:- (3) Jaya Deva

50. King Harsha Vardhan was defeated by

(1) The king of Punjab

(2) The King of Kamrupa

(3) The Chalukya ruler of Deccan

(4) The King of Bengal

Ans:- (3) The Chalukya ruler of Deccan